The Collaborative Dictionary

Wile \Wile\, n. [OE. wile, AS.
w[imac]l; cf. Icel. v?l, v[ae]l. Cf. Guile.] A trick or stratagem
practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a
beguilement; an allurement. [1913 Webster] Put on the whole armor
of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the
devil. --Eph. vi.

[1913 Webster] Not more almighty to resist our
might, Than wise to frustrate all our plots and wiles. --Milton.
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Wile played as a central defender for Sunderland
and Peterborough
United, before joining
West Bromwich Albion in December 1970. He spent more than 12
years at Albion, and formed a solid defensive partnership with
Ally
Robertson. Wile was club captain during the late 1970s and
early 1980s, leading the team to two FA Cup semi-finals
and a 3rd place finish in
Division One. Wile was also briefly caretaker manager at
Albion, taking charge following the departure of Ronnie Allen
in December 1977 until the appointment of Ron Atkinson
in January 1978.

His most famous moment came when he played with
blood pouring from a headwound during the 1978 FA Cup semi-final
against Ipswich
at Highbury.
After leaving Albion in June 1983, Wile returned to Peterborough as
player-manager
after missing out on a similar post at Bolton
Wanderers a year earlier. He later returned to West Bromwich as
managing
director, a position he occupied from 1997 through to
2002.

In 2004 he was named as one of West Bromwich
Albion's 16 greatest players, in a poll organised as part of the
club's 125th anniversary celebrations.